This page contains information and resources on the literacy needs of girls.
Click on the image below to visit Dr. Leonard Sax's website.
Dr. Sax has spent years researching the unique learning needs of boys and girls. His site contains articles, chapters from his books, and video clips from interviews he's done.
Dr. Leonard Sax's book Girls' on the Edge he " ... deftly blends anecdotes, clinical research, and even lines of poetry in persuasive, often fascinating chapters that speak straight to parents . . . Warning that a 1980s solution won't help solve twenty-first-century problems, Sax offers a holistic, sobering call to help the current generation of young women develop the support and sense of self that will allow them to grow into resilient adults." — Booklist, April 15 2010
Check out the above site called Girls' Inc. - it's fantastic and has lots of great resources, particularly for Girls and the Media! Here's a link to their Canadian resources: http://www.girlsinc.org/find/p7_canada.html
This website is dedicated to the education and empowerment of girls world-wide. It contains a lot of links and resources that can be shared with girls in your classes.
This is an interesting article on How Boys and Girls Learn Differently by Carol Kaufman. Click on the Reader's Digest icon above to access the article.
This article from the Journal of Adult and Adolecent Literacy, by Bronwyn T. Williams, looks at how boys and girls shape their identities in an increasinly complex world.
The folder below contains teaching materials and resources created by Dufferin-Peel teachers. Please feel free to use and modify any of these resources.
Welcome to the Girls' Literacy Page.
This page contains information and resources on the literacy needs of girls.Click on the image below to visit Dr. Leonard Sax's website.
Dr. Sax has spent years researching the unique learning needs of boys and girls. His site contains articles, chapters from his books, and video clips from interviews he's done.
Dr. Leonard Sax's book Girls' on the Edge he " ... deftly blends anecdotes, clinical research, and even lines of poetry in persuasive, often fascinating chapters that speak straight to parents . . . Warning that a 1980s solution won't help solve twenty-first-century problems, Sax offers a holistic, sobering call to help the current generation of young women develop the support and sense of self that will allow them to grow into resilient adults." — Booklist, April 15 2010
Check out the above site called Girls' Inc. - it's fantastic and has lots of great resources, particularly for Girls and the Media! Here's a link to their Canadian resources: http://www.girlsinc.org/find/p7_canada.html
This website is dedicated to the education and empowerment of girls world-wide. It contains a lot of links and resources that can be shared with girls in your classes.
This is an interesting article on How Boys and Girls Learn Differently by Carol Kaufman. Click on the Reader's Digest icon above to access the article.
This article from the Journal of Adult and Adolecent Literacy, by Bronwyn T. Williams, looks at how boys and girls shape their identities in an increasinly complex world.
The folder below contains teaching materials and resources created by Dufferin-Peel teachers. Please feel free to use and modify any of these resources.